Huntley is serving a life sentence after being found guilty of killing the girls in Cambridgeshire after they went missing from a family barbecue.

After a manhunt to find them, their bodies were found near an airbase in Mildenhall, Suffolk, in August 2002.

In a taped confession heard by The Sun, Huntley reportedly expressed remorse over the killings.

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CONFESSION: Ian Huntley has hit out over people saying he has no remorse

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The burnt remains of the Manchester United shirts Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were pictured wearing

He has also accepted that he is “never leaving prison”.

He reportedly said: “I am genuinely, genuinely sorry and it breaks my heart when it is reported I have no remorse, that I relish something. I do not.

“I can’t change anything. I cannot remove that day from history, what I have done.

“I know those girls would be 26 this year with families for their own, jobs and lives.

“I thought about them when they were turning 21 and when they were turning 18.

“I know no matter what I say that people are not going to think any better of me.

“I know that, I don’t expect it to but I would much rather people have the truth about how I feel."